Congress Warned: Don't Sanction Cross-Dressing
on Capitol Hill

May 21, 2002

With Congress about to be lobbied to sign a pledge its members will allow cross-dressing in their offices, Concerned Women of America (CWA) is warning members not to put their signatures on the dotted line or have their constituents told their representatives think it's OK if their male staffers wear dresses and women employees dress like men.

In a memo sent to all members of Congress, CWA's Vice President for Government Relations Michael Schwartz warned members that the GenderPAC (Gender Public Advocacy Coalition), a lobbying group for transsexuals and transvestites, will be visiting Capitol Hill and telling members, "We are seeking a written commitment that your office, in connection with the terms of employment, will not discriminate based on an individual's gender expression or identity."

Signing this pledge, CWA said, will commit congressmen to hiring and retaining in their offices transvestites (persons who dress as if they were members of the opposite sex) and transsexuals (people who undergo surgical mutilation in order to act out a role as a member of the opposite sex).

Wrote Schwartz, "Ultimately, your signature on this pledge will be used to advance the legislative goal of requiring all employers to hire and retain transvestites and transsexuals or face lawsuits for employment discrimination.

"This is not the way to healing and health for troubled individuals. Creating new 'rights' for those trapped in disordered behavior serves to discourage them from seeking the help they need.

"Corporal Klinger, the cross-dressing character from M.A.S.H., might have been pleased to see congressional offices with men in dresses, but we don't think your constituents would be so happy."

CWA, the nation's largest public policy women's organization, warned that they will monitor the pledge signing and will publicize congressmen's decisions to their constituents.

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